The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
PITH AND P0INT.
Alwavs seedv-The flo.

Always secdy-Ihe hg. -
1t takes sober man to walk tight
rope.
A morning call-"Charles, get up and
light the fire. "-7jd-Bits. -
The point of the hornet is generally
we'll given, if not we'll taken.-Harp
Bazar. ...,..
There is one household article thata
pears to have escaped the decorating craze
the washtub. -!Syracuse Herald. ss61I
The man who is seeking to elude the
detectives is not much troubled by hot
weather. He keeps himself shady. -
A barber walked into the City Hall tho
other morning and declared his intention
to pay his pole tax.-Pretseps National.
The bank cashier of the period doe
not seem to think anything less than hall
a million worthy of his steal.-LJs.
Betwixtthe hen and an incen-
Diary you inquire
The other sets on fire. ~
-Yonkers Gazettee.
ROYAL blood flows in the veins Of the
Siam princes; nevertheless they are not
half as well connected as were the Siamese
twins.
Three years undisturbed possession OF
a setter dog will destroy the veraclty OF
the best man in America. Macon (GfG.) y
Telegraph.
ABurlington girl is learning to play the
cornet, and her admirers speak OF her az;
sthe fairest flower that blows. "-Btty-s
lington Free Press - &.
A writer on political economy says:s
"It's the little leaks that tell" Yes, in.g2
decd; little leak will give you away a.
fast as an overgrown onion.-Statesnaaa.s
Fair Phyllis made pretty cake,
To please her papa's palate;
Her parents put it on stake, zHsS
And used it for mallet.
philadelphia Ns,os.
'sThere is change in everything" SER.
monized Mrs. Dorcas. eyes," assented
old Dorcas; change in everything except .
in the tramp's pocket. ."-Epoch.
Their loved confess'd, when ecstaey vas o'erI
And they had partially returned to reason
"Darling, said he, "hast everloved beforeP
"Weli, no." she answer'd-"that is, mot this :
eaacnnrb L2ess
SeAS0n' -Tsd-Bits.
"Humphp' grumbled the clock, HIs
don't know of any one who is harder
worked than I am-twenty-four hours g.
day year in and year out" And then 1T.
struck. .-Jeoelry Meaos.
"What is life and no loving" she tenderly
As her head on his shoulder she laid;
"What is love and no living" he sadly
As he thought of his board-bill unpaid.
A Yacht under full sail went ashore on.
the rocks on the Maine coast the other
day. The captain explained it all byf
saving that if he had had reef in his
sails he should not have had reef under
his eel.--Boston Post.
A seedy farmer in old Md.
Moved West and took up some Prd.,
Where he prospered so well "a
That he sent back to tell 80
How at last he had lighted In Ed
-Pittsburg Chronicle. 7.
elbow to write check" is one of the
things treated of in neat little pamphlet
issued. That sort of information will
hardly fill a long-felt want up to the 3
brim. No special learning is required to
write a check. ''How to get check
cashed" would make far more interesting
rcading.-Pitts6ug Bulletin. -.
It was midnight and an impassioned
lover in an uptown drawing room kneeled
at the feet of his hearts choice and ex-
claimed: "Gertie, I will do anything in
this world to make you happy" do !.
you mean it, George3" Il do, do,
dar,inp.n "Then for heavens sake 60
home and let me 60 to bed" Mao Or
leans Picdyune.